Relationships between Religious Struggles and Well-Being among a Multinational Muslim Sample: A Comparative Analysis.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; STATISTICAL correlation; ISLAM; PROBABILITY theory; REGRESSION analysis; RELIGION; STATISTICAL sampling; SATISFACTION; T-test (Statistics); SOCIOECONOMIC factors; WELL-being; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ONE-way analysis of variance
    • Subject Terms:
      ISRAEL; MALAYSIA; TURKEY
    • Abstract:
      This investigation applied a cross-sectional comparative methodology to examine the levels, predictors, and consequences of religious struggles among a multinational sample of 706 Muslims recruited in three universities in Israel/Palestine, Turkey, and Malaysia. Participants were asked to provide demographics and complete measures of religious struggles, satisfaction with life, and generalized anxiety. Three main findings emerged from the study: (1) In general, participants reported low levels of religious struggles; (2) Turks scored significantly higher than both Palestinians and Malaysians on religious struggles; (3) higher levels of generalized anxiety were predicted by higher levels of religious struggles among Malaysians only, and lower levels of satisfaction with life were predicted by higher levels of religious struggles among Palestinians and Turks only. These findings suggest that the links between religious struggles and health and well-being among Muslims are complex, and call for a nuanced detailed analysis of the religious struggles phenomenon among this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Copyright of Social Work is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)